dicevole

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Italian

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Etymology

From Late Latin decibilis (“proper, decent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈt͡ʃe.vo.le/
  • Rhymes: -evole
  • Hyphenation: di‧cé‧vo‧le

Adjective

dicevole (plural dicevoli) (literary, rare)

  1. decent, proper, suitable
    Synonyms: adatto, confacente, conveniente, opportuno
    Antonyms: disdicevole, inadatto, inopportuno, sconveniente
    • 1349–1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Giornata quarta – Novella prima”, in Decameron; republished as Aldo Francesco Massera, editor, Il Decameron‎, Bari: Laterza, 1927:
      Ed or volesse Iddio che, poi che a tanta disonestá conducerti dovevi, avessi preso uomo che alla tua nobiltá decevole fosse stato […].
      And would to God, as thou must needs demean thyself to such dishonour/dishonor, thou hadst taken a man suitable to thy nobility.

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